"rate of climb" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: rates of climb [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|rates of climb}} rate of climb (plural rates of climb)
  1. (aviation) The rate at which an aircraft gains altitude. A negative rate of climb implies descent. Wikipedia link: rate of climb Categories (topical): Aviation Synonyms: climb rate Derived forms: rate of climb indicator Related terms: rate of ascent, rate of descent Coordinate_terms: airspeed, groundspeed Translations (rate of increase of altitude): nousunopeus (Finnish), vitesse ascensionnelle [feminine] (French), vitesse d’ascension [feminine] (French), prędkość wznoszenia [feminine] (Polish), скороподъёмность (skoropodʺjómnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-rate_of_climb-en-noun-41bpJg~1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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